ElePHPant Haven

I'm shameless ripping this from Lauren, though I may not have answers for all the prompts.

2011 is gone, so it's time to answer some questions about it that may or may not serve any point.

1. What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
   This one is fairly simple. I moved out of my parents' place and went flatting by myself. It's been an interesting experience, to say the least. Having to be fiscally responsible and living between pay days at time has been a different experience.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
   I didn't make any new year's resolutions, and I won't make any for this year.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
   No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
   No.
5. What countries did you visit?
   I just stayed in New Zealand this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
   It feels weird to say this, but a social life. Being by myself all the time has its benefits, though there are times when I want to be with people.
7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
   October 6.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
   Getting made exempt from having a degree.
9. What was your biggest failure?
   Gosh, I usually forget these. Um, I got a C in a COMP paper. I also had a loss of control back in August.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    I got food poisoning once. That was probably it.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
    Trains.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
    I can't think of anything that happened the especially warrants celebration.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
    The left-wingers (mostly on Twitter) that said democracy lost because National won the election. Seriously people, just because the majority of voters didn't vote the same way as you doesn't mean that democracy failed.
14. Where did most of your money go?
    Rent.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Nothing. It takes a lot to even get me to normal-excited. I can think of maybe three things that could get be really excited. None of those happened in 2011, and I don't foresee them happening this year either.
16. What song will always remind you of 2011?
    None. Songs, if they reminded me of anything at all, remind me of things a lot more specific than a year.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    
    1. Happier or sadder?
       Sadder.
    2. Thinner or fatter?
       My siblings will say fatter, I have no idea. It's not something I particularly care about.
    3. Richer or poorer?
       Probably slightly richer, mainly because I've actually started saving.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    Spending time with friends. I did barely any of it in 2010, and even less in 2011.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    Procrastinate. I do it far too often and it shows.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
    I spent the morning at church (doing sound) and the afternoon/evening with my family. My team won again. Rather convincingly too.
21. Did you fall in love in 2011?
    No.
22. What was your favourite TV programme?
    Caitlin got me watching Daria and it's, so far, the only show I've enjoyed enough to be able to watch it more than once.
23. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn’t dislike this time last year?
    No.
24. What was the best book you read?
    Pride and Prejudice. It's a great story and I prefer the ending in the book to the ending in the BBC dramatisation.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Rebecca Black. Need I say more?
26. What did you want and get?
    Things. I always want and get things.
27. What did you want and not get?
    There's one thing in particular and I'm not telling you that.
28. What was your favourite film of this year?
    Despicable Me.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    Went to uni, went to lectures, went home. Ordered pizza. I turned 20.
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    Feeling alone a lot less.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
    Black.
32. What kept you sane?
    God. More so than in previous years.
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    Siggy. Who wouldn't?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
    The Copyright infringement file sharing amendment thing, though nowhere near enough for me to vote Green.
35. Who did you miss?
    Can't think of anyone. Aren't the internet and this great? :D
36. Who was the best new person you met?
    Sophie. She's the person at St Mary's that includes me that I didn't know before this year. I already knew Guy and Ben.
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011.
    God is there to be relied on, always.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
    "Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday. Everyone's looking forward to the weekend."